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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Stanford | Exploring money in politics, campaigns and elections, ideology, the courts, and inequality | Author of The Judicial Tug of War cup.org/2LEoMrs | https://data4democracy.substack.com
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Thomas Hansen @thomashansen.bsky.social A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty; I'm that Jungian thing...
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Rebecca Aguilar @rebeccaaguilar.bsky.social 7X Emmy winner | #Bilingual Reporter | Founder #CallingAllJournalists Initiative & Latinas in Journalism | 1st #Latina & #WOC President of SPJ | NAHJ Hall of Famer | Media & Diversity Watchdog | 28 yrs in TV News | Proud Latina & daughter of immigrants.
Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social Professor, UCLA Law; Director, http://SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org; 2020 CNN, 2024 NBC/MSNBC Election Law Analyst; electionlawblog.org
Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social Chief Economics Correspondent for The New York Times. Adjunct at CUNY Newmark. Ex: FiveThirtyEight, WSJ. He/him.
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Michael Morisy @morisy.bsky.social civic transparency for a better tomorrow. founder, MuckRock. also caretaker of DocumentCloud, FOIA Machine, and many other internet friends.
bmaz @bmaz.bsky.social Criminal defense, civil rights, and occasionally civil, trial lawyer. Former Emptywheel legal writer, husband, father and generally cranky observateur. Lifetime F1 fan.
Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social Washington Bureau chief at The Independent, MSNOW Columnist. Author: We’re Not Broken. Tar Heel. He/Him Eric.garcia@the-independent.com
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Ian Vandewalker @ianvan.bsky.social Policy advocacy and research on money in politics and disinformation. Senior Counsel & Manager, Brennan Center.
Alicia Bannon @aliciabannon.bsky.social Senior Director of the Judiciary Program at the Brennan Center for Justice and the Kohlberg Center on the U.S. Supreme Court. Editor-in-chief of State Court Report. All opinions are my own.
Background Briefing with Ian Masters @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social Rational, informed, and progressive analysis of national and international news and issues. Nationally syndicated community radio.
Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social reporter at cnbc.com. email: lora.kolodny@cnbc.com - ex-wsj, techcrunch & all over. i cover: elon musk cos. mostly tesla & spacex (some climate tech). my posts here are my own. optimistic on the inside. dm me on signal: lorakolodny.55
Shana M. Broussard @shanambroussard.bsky.social Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission since 2020, Chair (x2), Proud HBCU grad (x2), Mishi's dog mom
Wake Up America @claudiner66.bsky.social "The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them."
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Nicole Mark (she/her) @nicoledesignsdata.com 📊 data visualization engineer, 💊 healthcare analytics consultant, 🐶 dog mom, 🌱 vegan for the animals.
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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social @Propublica.org journalist in Detroit, exploring Michigan and the Midwest
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Craig Newmark @craignewmark.bsky.social #nerdpatient0
craigslist founder
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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social Senior Fellow for Democracy & Government at the Center for American Progress. Author of the Corporate Power Reset. AU WCL adjunct professor.
My job is to fight so hard for democracy that if I fail, I'll be among the first to be lined up & shot. (he/him)
Lucy Ritzmann @lucyritz.bsky.social editorial & content COURIER | always MB4W & Warren for President | libra apologist | she/her | all opinions mine | 📩 lucy@couriernewsroom.com
Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social He/Him. Dad. Journo tracking dark money and attacks on public health. JD, ADHD, occasional cartoonist.
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Jane Mayer @janemayer.bsky.social New Yorker writer, author Dark Money, The Dark Side, Strange Justice, Landslide, wife & mom.
Indy @indyscholtens.bsky.social reporting for @opensecrets.org |
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social Professor: Political Theory & American Culture
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Next Books: “Every Man a Sovereign” and “Going Low”
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Tim Mak @timkmak.bsky.social Founder, The Counteroffensive Media Group.
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Sohan Dsouza @sohandsouza.info 🥼 @MPIB-Berlin.bsky.social;
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@3at50.bsky.social @3at50.bsky.social Twitter ex-pat. Watching in utter dismay as our future unfolds in ways history teachers & archeologists will be straining to explain.
@andreabernstein.bsky.social @andreabernstein.bsky.social Journalist, professor, author: American Oligarchs: The Kushners, The Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power. Covered 5 Trump trials for NPR. Podcasts: Trump, Inc., Will Be Wild, We Don't Talk about Leonard, The Law According to Trump
Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social Investigative Reporter, Bloomberg News. "FOIA terrorist." Subscribe to my newsletter, FOIA Files and my FOIA podcast, Disclosure.
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Dave Levinthal @davelevinthal.com Investigative journalist, NOTUS senior editor, fake arctic explorer, free agent placekicker, #BillsMafia. DaveLevinthal.com
Brennan Center @brennancenter.org We work to build a United States that is democratic, just, and free — for all. Visit BrennanCenter.org.
Aaron Hedge @aaronhedge.bsky.social Covering the apocalypse for local readers in the INW. MSES, MFA. Pretty scrappy. Shill fr serpents, roaches. & the devil. Soul Sk8r. Signal: 509 957 6539. Luv tips.
Dan Alexander @danalexander21.bsky.social Senior editor at Forbes. Author of White House, Inc.: How Donald Trump Turned the Presidency into a Business.
Melissa Aronczyk @aronczyk.bsky.social Media Studies Professor @ Rutgers
Adjunct Research Professor @ Carleton
New book with M Espinoza: A Strategic Nature: Public Relations & the Politics of U.S. Environmentalism (Oxford UP 2022)
Pubs and media @ melissaaronczyk.com
Daniel Schuman @americalabs.org Progressive institutionalist with an interest in modernizing Congress and strengthening our democracy. Bluesky is my penance for working at an org that once encouraged Congress to tweet.
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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com Asst Prof American University (American institutions). Fmr. asst prof ETSU & UC-Riverside & Vanderbilt post-doc CSDI. WUSTL, URI, & GWU alum. Taylor Alison Swift is my muse. www.davidryanmiller.com
Tom Kertscher @tomkertschernews.bsky.social Wisconsin Watch reporter, focused on data centers. Former Milwaukee Journal Sentinel news reporter and Associated Press sports freelancer. Author of Al McGuire and Brett Favre sports books. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ohio State University alumnus.
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Andrew Aydin @andrewaydin.bsky.social
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Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social UVM Associate Professor of Political Science. Author: "Pre-Existing Conditions: How Lobbying Makes American Health Care More Expensive."
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social Law professor & book author of Corporatocracy, Political Brands & Corporate Citizen; Brennan Center fellow; board of CREW; campaign finance expert. Podcaster of Democracy & Destiny. I’m a lawyer not your lawyer. https://soundcloud.com/profciara #beans
Russ Buettner @russbuettner.bsky.social NY Times investigative reporter, co-author of “Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success.”
Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social Former crime and justice reporter, The Washington Post. Big fan of sports, music, comedy, sleeping, not necessarily in that order.
David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist.
Bylines: CBS, AXS, Yahoo, Examiner, etc.
I love #Games, #Lotr, #StarWars, and #StarTrek.
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Michael B. Kelley @michaelbkelley.bsky.social head of distro @yahoo-finance.bsky.social | print subscriber | digital media, geopolitics, philosophy, baseball | we need more doors
Quiver Quantitative @quiver-quant.bsky.social Bridging the information gap between Main Street and Wall Street.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social NYT tech reporter
Co-author of Character Limit
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ryan.mac@nytimes.com
rmac18@protonmail.com
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737290/character-limit-by-kate-conger-and-ryan-mac/
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Brandon Van Grack @bvangrack.bsky.social Co-Chair, National Security practice @ Morrison Foerster | fmr. DOJ natsec official incl. #FARA Unit Chief, Leak Czar, prosecutor | #sanctions #cyber #exportcontrols | views my own
Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger
Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
Lucia Walinchus @walinchus.bsky.social Managing Data Editor, NBC owned stations. Public records attorney, journalist, ice hockey player/coach. Former bylines: NY Times , Washington Post, Eye on Ohio, etc.
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Hannah BW @hbwhbwhbw.bsky.social public law, science, technology
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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social Law professor, Drexel Univ • Affil'd fellow, Yale ISP • NYC Bar Ass'n Rule of Law Task Force • AAUP Committee A on Academic Freedom & Tenure ⚾ Cleveland native/partisan 🏀 runner • https://linktr.ee/akalhan
Laura J. Nelson @laurajnelson.bsky.social Reporter at the Wall Street Journal in Los Angeles. Former @latimes.com reporter, native Kansan and green thumb. 🌱 Securely message me on Signal (ljn.11).
5GW HotTakes @5gw.bsky.social Fifth Generation Warfare 5GW: Hot-takes from a cold civil war
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Dan Sweeney @dansweeney.bsky.social Deputy Opinions Editor, South Florida Sun Sentinel. Good storyteller. Average guitarist. Mediocre on uke and mandolin. Enthusiast.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social sex, speech, tech, justice, parenting, politics, & panic ✨ senior editor @reason.com, journalism instructor at University of Cincinnati, Midwestern mom
Carissa Byrne Hessick @cbhessick.bsky.social Criminal law professor at the University of North Carolina
Director of the Prosecutors and Politics Project
Author of Punishment Without Trial: Why Plea Bargaining is a Bad Deal
The Media and Democracy Project @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social Non-partisan civic advocacy group working to improve our media and defend our democracy 🇺🇸 #PressFreedom
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Kirsten Berg @kirstenberg.bsky.social Research Reporter at @ProPublica.org and proud @ProPublicaGuild.org member.
Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social No kings
Actor/Producer he/him
Carter Dougherty @carterd.bsky.social I fight Wall Street and monopolies @demandprogress.bsky.social. I also write - bylines in NYT, The Atlantic, WashMonthly et al. I study 🇩🇪 history, disturbingly relevant.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social Washington bureau chief, Mother Jones. Author of the forthcoming HOW RUSSIA WON and the OUR LAND newsletter. Go to davidcorn.com. On Signal: DavidCorn.99
Ellen S. Podgor @whitecollarprof.bsky.social Stetson Law Prof, White Collar Crime Nerd, Dog Lover
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social ProPublica AME.
Working: “Make Them Pay: The 250-year Fight to Tax the Rich”: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Make-Them-Pay/Jesse-Eisinger/9781668072202
@sarahellison's husband. “Succession” S3 consultant. Pulitzer-winner. Green Bay Packers.
Casey Michel @cjcmichel.bsky.social Dictators are a cowardly and superstitious lot. | Head of Combating Kleptocracy Program at Human Rights Foundation | Author of AMERICAN KLEPTOCRACY and FOREIGN AGENTS | Posts in personal capacity
Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social Sr. Fellow @ Brookings, Co-founder of Democracy Defenders Action, Executive Chair of Democracy Defenders Fund & Co-Founder of The Contrarian contrarian.substack.com. Posts with "TN" are from Team Norm
Yue Stella Yu @bystellayu.bsky.social Name’s “Yu-eh Stella Yu.” Politics reporter @calmatters.org | Alum @BridgeMichigan @Tennessean @OpenSecretsDC | Fight lies. | #Mizzou #GoPackGo
David Becker @beckerdavidj.bsky.social Exec Dir @electioninnov. @CBSNews Election Law contributor. Formerly DOJ @civilrights. Co-author of @thebigtruthbook w/ @MajorCBS. Double @UCBerkeley grad.
Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social POLITICO CA Playbook founder and alum, ex-SFChronicle senior political writer, ex-SF Examiner Political Editor. California politics and all things Golden State. Bay Area based. Also on X at @cmarinucci. Email: cmarinucci@gmail.com
Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social Newsletter editor at MS NOW. Part-time journalism teacher at
Georgetown School of Continuing Studies. Creator of Your First Byline. http://yourfirstbyline.substack.com (Teague is my middle name so I should be Beckwith on second reference.)
Alexandra Geese @alexandrageese.eurosky.social 🇪🇺🌻 Member of EU Parliament @die-gruenen | she/her
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